Axial Commons Image Treasury
Dusk painting: men rest on a grassy slope while women in dark dresses stand on a rise at right, with a town's walls silhouetted against an orange sunset.

The Serenade

A group of men lounge on a grassy slope in the foreground while several women in dark, long dresses stand on a rise at right, silhouetted against a glowing orange sunset. Behind them, the walls and towers of a town line a distant horizon beneath a pale green sky, in an oil painting with warm, shadowy tones.

Artist
Gustave Doré
Date
1863
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 2766 px
Download full size
Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1863; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: La serenata

Un grupo de hombres descansa en una ladera herbosa en primer plano, mientras varias mujeres con largos vestidos oscuros se alzan a la derecha, recortadas contra un atardecer anaranjado. Detrás, las murallas y torres de un pueblo bordean el horizonte bajo un cielo verdoso, en una pintura al óleo de tonos cálidos y sombríos.

Português: A serenata

Um grupo de homens descansa em uma encosta gramada no primeiro plano, enquanto várias mulheres de longos vestidos escuros se erguem à direita, recortadas contra um pôr do sol alaranjado. Ao fundo, muralhas e torres de uma vila margeiam o horizonte sob um céu esverdeado, em uma pintura a óleo de tons quentes e sombrios.

More from Gustave Doré

Black and white engraving: a bare-chested man with a staff stands on rocks under lightning, while a body lies sprawled in the foreground beside a gnarled tree.Q132773686Dark engraving of a man in a long coat climbing steps toward a skeleton holding a pole, beside barred gates and a pale ghostly figure.Rue de la Vieille lanterne [The Suicide of Gérard de Nerval]Painting of poor children and adults on stone steps by tall columns, a woman standing left and a turbaned man seated right.Q23948054Painting of misty snowy mountains at dawn, with dark pine trees on a rocky ridge and pink clouds over a pale green sky.L'Aube-souvenir des AlpesDark grayscale painting of a winged sphinx on a smoky hill above corpses and a cannon on a battlefield.EnigmaPainting of women and children with a basket of flowers; a woman in red holds a baby while a barefoot girl stands in front.Flower Sellers of London